Dawn Karen Tan

Jan 19, 2025 | channelnewsasia.com | Dawn Karen Tan

Singapore’s government is stepping up support for young families in 2025, even as family-building takes a backseat for many. In an interview with CNA, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Rajah, who oversees the National Population and Talent Division, shared her optimism about the new shared parental leave scheme launching on Apr 1. She kicked things off by telling Dawn Tan why she believes it could be a real turning point for working parents.

May 10, 2024 | channelnewsasia.com | Dawn Karen Tan

Foreign policy watchers have described how outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s "soft-power" approach has given Singapore a seat at the table. This is helping the country to not just survive, but thrive. Dawn Tan takes a closer look at how Mr Lee upheld Singapore's long-held focus on being a “friend to all and enemy to none”.

Dec 7, 2023 | channelnewsasia.com | Dawn Karen Tan

As the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip worsens, Dawn Tan speaks with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk about the ongoing crisis and how it is affecting people's lives on the ground.

Nov 30, 2023 | channelnewsasia.com | Dawn Karen Tan |Fabian Koh

As global travel takes off again, destinations are facing the challenges of over-tourism and other downsides of having too many visitors. With travel forecasted to top 1.8 billion tourists by 2030, the sector will be one focus of COP28, the United Nations-led climate talks in Dubai, which commence on Thursday (Nov 30). Besides over-tourism, the pursuit of sustainable travel has also led to negative trends, such as “voluntourism” and “last-chance tourism”.

Nov 16, 2023 | channelnewsasia.com | Dawn Karen Tan |Calvin Yang

Dealing with pressing economic challenges, including ballooning foreign debt, and rebalancing foreign relations amid the India-China rivalry, will be among the key priorities of incoming Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu in his first 100 days in office. The 45-year old will take office on Friday (Nov 17), after beating incumbent President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in a hotly-contested run-off poll on Sep 30.